# 2020–21 Eintracht Braunschweig season

The 2020–21 Eintracht Braunschweig season is the club's 127th season in existence and its first season back in the second flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Eintracht Braunschweig participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 September 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Marcel Engelhardt |
| 3 | DF | GER | Lasse Schlüter |
| 4 | MF | GER | Jannis Nikolaou |
| 5 | DF | GER | Benjamin Kessel |
| 6 | DF | AUT | Dominik Wydra |
| 7 | MF | GER | Bernd Nehrig |
| 8 | MF | GER | Iba May |
| 10 | MF | POL | Martin Kobylanski |
| 11 | FW | GER | Leandro Putaro |
| 12 | GK | GER | Felix Dornebusch |
| 14 | DF | GER | Nico Klaß |
| 15 | FW | GER | Marcel Bär |
| 16 | GK | BIH | Jasmin Fejzić |
| 17 | FW | GER | Yari Otto |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | GER | Felix Burmeister (captain) |
| 20 | FW | NGA | Suleiman Abdullahi (on loan from Union Berlin) |
| 21 | GK | GER | Yannik Bangsow |
| 22 | FW | GER | Manuel Schwenk |
| 23 | MF | GER | Danilo Wiebe |
| 27 | DF | GER | Niko Kijewski |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Yassin Ben Balla |
| 32 | DF | GER | Michael Schultz |
| 33 | FW | GER | Nick Proschwitz |
| 37 | MF | GER | Fabio Kaufmann |
| 38 | MF | GER | Leon Bürger |
| 39 | MF | GER | Patrick Kammerbauer (on loan from Freiburg) |
| 40 | DF | GER | Robin Ziegele |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | GER | Jannis Nikolaou (from Dynamo Dresden) |
| 6 | MF | AUT | Dominik Wydra (from Erzgebirge Aue) |
| 14 | DF | GER | Nico Klaß (from Rot-Weiß Oberhausen) |
| 32 | DF | GER | Michael Schultz (from Waldhof Mannheim) |
| — | MF | FRA | Yassin Ben Balla (from MSV Duisburg) |
| — | MF | GER | Fabio Kaufmann (from Würzburger Kickers) |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | GER | Stephan Fürstner (to Mainz 05 II) |
| 12 | GK | RUS | Roman Birjukov (to Lüneburger SK Hansa) |
| 14 | DF | GER | Robin Becker (to Dynamo Dresden) |
| 20 | MF | GER | Merveille Biankadi (loan return to 1. FC Heidenheim) |
| 24 | DF | GER | Kevin Goden (loan return to 1. FC Nürnberg) |
| 29 | DF | GER | Alfons Amade (loan return to 1899 Hoffenheim II) |
| 30 | FW | GER | Marvin Pourié (loan return to Karlsruher SC) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| 2. Bundesliga | 18 September 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 29 | −16 | 023.08 |
| DFB-Pokal | 11 September 2020 | 22 December 2020 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 35 | −17 | 026.67 |
Last updated: 22 December 2020 Source: Soccerway

### 2. Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 38 | |
| 15 | SV Sandhausen | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 41 | 60 | −19 | 34 | |
| 16 | VfL Osnabrück (R) | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 35 | 58 | −23 | 33 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 59 | −29 | 31 | Relegation to 3. Liga |
| 18 | Würzburger Kickers (R) | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 37 | 69 | −32 | 25 | Relegation to 3. Liga |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 May 2021. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | L |
| Position | 16 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.